Christopher Shires joined the Gilmore Car Museum as its Executive Director in January 2017, organizing several new exhibitions and driving a collection storage building campaign. Prior to this, Chris has served as the Holland Museum as its Executive Director leading the organization through American Alliance of Museum’s reaccreditation, rebranding, and new marketing initiatives. Before this…
In recognition of the anniversary of Rotary International. The Rotary Club of Grand Rapids participates in "Days of Caring". One of this year's "Days of Caring" projects will be taking place at Feeding America West Michigan on Saturday, February 24th, 15 volunteers are needed to work with 15-25 STRIVE students and mentors to assist with…
RSVP's will be required to attend this luncheon. Rotary Club of Grand Rapids members will be given first priority to attend the luncheon. Each Rotarian will be limited to one guest and the cost will be $20/guest. **********************************************************************************************************************************
Jennifer Heemstra, professional pianist and entrepreneur, received the College of Music Distinguished Alumni Award from Michigan State University and was the commencement speaker for the graduating class of 2017. In December 2014, she founded the Kolkata Classics trust which provides free health services for trafficked women, educates children from the slums to the elite and…
The 2018 Rotary Club of Grand Rapids Service Above Self Award Dinner will be Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Culture Center at St. Nicholas, where the Frederik Meijer Service Above Self Award will be presented. The Rotary Club of Grand Rapids each year honors someone from our community who has made a difference by…
Paul Leidig is the Director of the School of Computing and Information Systems at Grand Valley State University. Dr. Leidig holds several positions of international leadership in computer science and information systems boards and organizations, including serving on the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board, the Association of Computing Machinery Education Council, and as a Commissioner on…
Tim Selgo spent 35 years in college athletics, 7 as a basketball coach at his alma mater, the University of Toledo, 8 as Associate Athletics Director at Toledo, and 20 as the Director of Athletics at Grand Valley State University from 1996 until his retirement as A.D. in July of 2016. During Selgo’s tenure as…
Dr. Kevin Quinn is Aquinas College’s eighth president. He became president in 2017. President Quinn is new to Aquinas but has dedicated the majority of his career to Catholic higher education. He comes to Aquinas from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. Dr. Quinn was named the founding dean of the Schneider School of…